The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1887-03-31
COUNTERFEIT COIN.
Ho, s,urfous Money 1. Made In n. Z. CIT

COUNTERFEIT COIN.
Countel faiting United s. ates coins and
bills is 8 i'll t. I've carr ed on now rs much
as formerly. says the New York CONNER
cial Adve tise., but there have been
manly Chang in its methods and til'-
manner Of ge ting rid Of the "quecr"
when nsde.
The Gays Of the hidden nook in the
mountai Were. in hut III exp IT
maker OF b. 90 coins C rri~i or III as
farfous trn e tn door carefully b. rri-
eaded a d ria and rev lver Iyi Z
about within easy reach. are N~r. +"
the coin as made mostly in e IL =, q 81
that too n ow e neighh rll:" dis.
In the making II bad coin III this city
the Italians h We y mon poly, IL 1t /
against the II liam work tfa' Oh -
Dunn on, uf hes Gre; Serv ca H,.is u
in this city. is kept busy. r. or < u
dence and bringing them to ceE |. Al
most witt uut exception. every i.ili :.
counterfeiter arrested In this CITY '!Urin-.
the lat II re y er,-and thu -
been mary of the c-Ytured-has said
that he came from Silly.
They IRE, as a ruIe, Gull-i1oEi 3. il
noraut fellows, notwithstanding tHrir
skill in f.ri'i Ii ng md niana.'.l ling
the coins. Most frequent ih.- h..F':
HILLS hilOf OI jChSi. liiN-i''' GIN
apparently they take rs nat ally 70
counterf i ng is fish to water. a num-
Der of Ial. in this city who are not
makers OF bad coins are always ready to
pass those made by others, and the
skilled Govi er of illegitimate money is
to them {. Eeto.
HOW THE COINS ARE MADE.
Tho workman hires fiat in 2 tene-
ment, into which he moves his family
reserving che room as workshop.
He lays ina stock of an;imoay, plaster
OF paris, psculds, lathe. and ether APP
planes, ;.:.d is ready lor business.
Rarely 60 his neighbors ouspac. that
anything IS wrong. He takes q e'<.o't
coin for E. altern, and soon has tie room
filed vii h.the coins in various stages OF
constru ton.
Never does the maker attempt to pass
the money himself. lie either sells it to
the pGsser, OF, more frequent u, TO q
middle man. For this reason i; II III III
cult TO get at the makers. and ln-' s.
cret Service dete ctives are always happy
when Icy find q workshop w, h T. iii uf
tools aka aood supply of eek. The
midt,l H. sell to the man wto does the
passi. :.
Ba1 co.. can be bought at the rate of
81 ftr tea bad dollars, though higher
pri' g ~ usually harged at frst.
Who -. "a ser gets tie CO II re usually
frequ-.I s inc side streets. where i'll sn"ll
cigar ~tU.', 5 aho confectionery shops he
passes Ok his spurious co,iars, e.c., in
payment toI, small articles. thu re.eie-
ing good I.o1ey in change.
The law requires that - intent to de-
ceivo rust be Pr Ven against the Of
fender, IN: -or this reason the pd:.ter-
felt i;lonNy rassers so often in pair.
O.;a ,ai-Ii carries the coin. He deals it
who ..,.tei., ho shop. while the / r.
main. outside. Thus # the iasser = ar-
rest Vt! nc her bad co n viii lie fvIi..u
On Las person, and he Can ;iAsert ,,.ai i. :
Cid no. h!;oW that tue one 9Th / u I-.'l
otfera.. IL payment was bad. Many Is
cape ,o,lvi- lion ly this method.
THE MEN WHO PASS THE COUNTERFE1Ts.
The fruit stand Italians are usually
INSCRIPTIONS in working OF bad money,
though they seldom have stock OF any
thing Of larger denomination than dimes
and quarters. More than half of the
small coin that is bad works its way into
circulation through those fellows.
You tell the vender that the coin is
bad, and he will Immediately cry out:
Me 40 tell pada money; me just
come from ally"
Compa rstively few arrests are made
oA SoIp ialftS u Clie pOllte Hcli Odu
money S received unwittingly, few hesi-
tate to PASS on. There is cheap res
taurant keeper Oh the old Chatham tt eet
who, every .ew weeks, brings all the bad
coins he has taken in down "a the Secret
Service Bureau in the Post Office build
ing. Very few take this trouble.
There is erroneous idea abroad that
the Government makes good the bad
money received. This is n mistake.
The Government conHscates all bad
coins. and the only rel ef Of the person
imposed rI,on is civil suit in one of the
District courts againstthe passer fer the
value OF thu ntoi!ey lost.
The passer of counterfeit money, when
COW icted, may receive as heavy SEN
tence as zen years in State prison and q
fine o. s. ECO.
Appa en1iy there is an attractiveness
about 'iaking the coin, and when dis
charged from p: ison the manufac turer
alniosb invariably goes back to the old
bus ness.